[ExI] Space governance

[Adrian Tymes]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 11:38 AM Dave Sill via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 12:50 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> If these habitats are, say, cylinders 2 km wide, to allow them to be spun
>> up to 1 G, that's enough of a technical (and imposed-by-human-biology)
>> standard that people might not want to mess with it.  2 km wide suggests
>> maybe 5 km long maximum, for structural stability.
>>
>
> What about rotational stability? Wouldn't want your habitats flipping when
> they're full of people.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VPfZ_XzisU
>

Per that video, you weight it so the axis of rotation is not the one that's
going to cause that sort of flipping.
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